“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy.”
― A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
― A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
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